Alexander WARDROBE and Suzanna Mary CLARK

[davidqueneherve]

Hello,

I am not sure I am posting this in the right place.

Alexandre WANDROBE (VANDROBE and also VARDROBE, WARDROBE) was a trader in Saint-François (Guadeloupe, French West Indies). He passed away in 1810 on the plantation of Mister FRENCH (whose father, John FRENCH, was born in Galway).

https://www.geneanet.org/registres/view/361206/1

According to his death record, he was a native of Scotland in England (I guess that the officer meant in Great Britain).

He was a widower.

His wife died on November 2d 1807 (same place).

https://www.geneanet.org/registres/view/363115/26

Suzanne Marie CLARK, a native of Pilley, "province" of Pudamtpton, England. She was about 39 years old.

The register is a copy

Where is Pilley ? It is the same place as this one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilley,_Hampshire ?

Alexander WANDROBE gave her freedom to a slave called Théotisse (also Théotiste), probably in 1793. Her son Jean Baptiste got baptized on July 19th 1793 and the record mentions his manumission three days earlier. In the 1797 census, Theotiste LIBERAL is a steamstress and lives with her three sons and a servant in the village center.

28/JUL/1788 baptism record of Marie Léone, daughter of Christine

https://www.geneanet.org/registres/view/359375/3

Godfather Alexandre WARDROBE, major de la place et négociant de la ville de Roseau île Dominique (Roseau in Dominica).

Godmother Marie Léone LIBERAL (she is also Jean Baptiste's godmother). Marie Léone LIBERAL is the daughter of André LIBERAL, a trader from Bayonne.

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-126win?view=text

The Charles Winstone letterbook, 1777-1786, contains the business correspondence of Winstone, attorney general and planter in Dominica during and after the American Revolution.

In the list of recipients of letters : Alexander WARDROBE

Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825books.google.fr › books
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David Dobson · 1984 · ‎Affichage d'extraits
TROUVÉ À L'INTÉRIEUR – PAGE 118
( RD5.227.363 ) WARDROBE JOHN Last will and testament of John Wardrobe , physician in Dominica . ... Christina Wardrobe , a free girl of colour , natural daughter of his brother Alexander Wardrobe , deceased ; John Wardrobe , a free boy ...


Monumental Inscriptions in St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, ...books.google.fr › books
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Sir James Balfour Paul · 1915 · ‎Affichage d'extraits
TROUVÉ À L'INTÉRIEUR – PAGE 79
... his son ; Alexander , Jean and Barbara Wardrobe , and Mr. Alexander Wardrobe , Lieutenant in the 43rd Regiment of Foot ... Esquire , and third daughter of Mr. David Wardrobe , died at Roseau in the Island of Dominica 6th May 1811 .

Is there a way to know more about Alexander WARDROBE (from Edinburgh ?) and his wife Suzanna Mary CLARK ?

I wonder if they married in the West Indies or in England.

Thanks for your help.

[wilcoxon]

It's a bit complicated isn't it.
Anyway I  found this, but not sure if it helps.

The Scots Magazine. Edinburgh
1 October 1799

Deaths

Aug. 10. Lieutenant Alexander Wardrobe, of the 43d regiment, only son of the late Mr David Wardrobe, surgeon in Edinburgh

[wilcoxon]

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157304294/alexander-wardrobe?

[davidqueneherve]

Thank you. Great finding ! It says Mrs. MARGARET GREENWAY, spouse of John Greenway, Esquire, and third daughter of Mr. David Wardrobe, died at Roseau in the Island of Dominica 6th May 1811.

Probably Dr John GREENWAY, a slave owner in Dominica at the beginning of the 19th century.

More Monumental Inscriptions: Tombstones of the British West ...books.google.fr › books
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Lena Boyd Brown, ‎Vere Langford Oliver · 1993
TROUVÉ À L'INTÉRIEUR – PAGE 17
Stone slab over stone vault, within iron railing : — DOMINICA JOHN GREENWAY SON OF JOSEPH AND MARGARET GREENWAY OF THE ISLAND OF ANTIGUA WAS MARRIED TO MARGARET WARDROBE DAUGHTER OF DAVID AND JEAN WARDROBE OF THE CITY OF *DINBURGH ON ...

Will of John Wardrobe Doctor of Physick of Dominica

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146660789

[davidqueneherve]

The Decisions of the Court of Session: From Its First ...books.google.fr › books
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Scotland. Court of Session, ‎William Maxwell Morison · 1804
TROUVÉ À L'INTÉRIEUR – PAGE 14772
Upon the 7th of May , 1772 , David Wardrobe , surgeon , creditor to David Wardrobe , merchant , charged him with horning , and , on the said 7th and 8th of May , likewise used arrestments ; and , upon the 14th of May , he executed a ...


The Medical Register for the Year 1783 - Page 131books.google.fr › books
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1783
TROUVÉ À L'INTÉRIEUR – PAGE 131
The ROYAL COLLEGE of SURGEONS . The Surgeons of Edinburgh were incorporated by the Magiftrates of that City , fo early as the year 1505. This incorporation was afterwards confirmed ... 1755 Mr. David Wardrobe . 1756 Mr. Alexander Wood .

[davidqueneherve]

https://archiveandlibrary.rcsed.ac.uk/special-collections/incorporation-of-surgeons-and-barbers-of-edinburgh/charity-dispensed-by-the-incorporation-and-papers-on-the-surgeons-widows-fund/surgeons-widows-fund-papers-1778-1813/1252958-acknowledgment-by-jean-wardrobe?

[AlanBoyd]

from "Directory of Scottish settlers in North America, 1625-1825" by Dobson, David (Internet Archive)

[davidqueneherve]

It's a bit complicated isn't it.
Anyway I  found this, but not sure if it helps.

The Scots Magazine. Edinburgh
1 October 1799

Deaths

Aug. 10. Lieutenant Alexander Wardrobe, of the 43d regiment, only son of the late Mr David Wardrobe, surgeon in Edinburgh

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G73R-8N7

If John WARDROBE is his brother, Alexander WARDROBE (the younger one) is obviously not the only son of David WARDROBE.

Is it common in Scotland to give twice the same Christian name to siblings ?

[Eyesee]

Is it common in Scotland to give twice the same Christian name to siblings ?

Can happen quite often, usually only though if the first one dies.

My Fraser line it happened twice, although the first of the girls, who was expected to not survive, actually did in the end, and the second one with the name was known by the shortened version. Twenty two years between them.

Ian C